<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>The chef who is allergic to ... water : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>80469</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80469/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The chef who is allergic to ... water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andy Laughton has been forced to wash his hands of his job as a chef after discovering he is allergic to water.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>562</score><crdate>10/28/2008 9:23:26 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-28T21:23:26+01:00</atomdate></link><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Don't believe in aquagenic urticaria....sorry.</i></div>It's not actually an allergy:<br/><div style='display:block;width:250px;text-overflow:clip;overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquagenic_urticaria" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquagenic_urticaria</a></div>]]></content><score></score><crdate>10/29/2008 2:42:34 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-29T02:42:34+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>365901</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/80469/1/xml_widget.rss#q8</url><title><![CDATA[Skippii @ 10/29/2008 2:42:12 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/80469/1/#q7"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>VictorDoppelt</b>&#160;:&#160;Two questions:<br/><br/>1. if he is allergic to water, what does he drink? Wouln't he break out in hives every time he drinks a glass of water?<br/><br/>2. If his skin can't come into contact with water, I assume he can't bathe, so doesn't he stink to high heaven?</i></div>Both of those questions are answered in the article.]]></content><score></score><crdate>10/29/2008 2:42:12 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-29T02:42:12+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>365898</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/80469/1/xml_widget.rss#q7</url><title><![CDATA[VictorDoppelt @ 10/29/2008 2:29:11 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Two questions:<br/><br/>1. if he is allergic to water, what does he drink? Wouln't he break out in hives every time he drinks a glass of water?<br/><br/>2. If his skin can't come into contact with water, I assume he can't bathe, so doesn't he stink to high heaven?]]></content><score></score><crdate>10/29/2008 2:29:11 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-29T02:29:11+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>365872</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/80469/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[shuallyo @ 10/29/2008 1:23:59 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I've heard of people being allergic to components used to treat the water.. but not water itself.. that is insane. Don't believe in aquagenic urticaria....sorry.]]></content><score></score><crdate>10/29/2008 1:23:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-29T01:23:59+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>365857</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/80469/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[KerOBeroS32 @ 10/29/2008 12:45:57 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I like this comment from the website:<br/><br/><div class='qp pad d'><i>How did this man make it growing up not knowing this? I would imagine he would have washed his hands all through his life, wouldn't this have been found out sooner if in fact he was allergic to water? Doesn't sound right to me.</i></div>]]></content><score></score><crdate>10/29/2008 12:45:57 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-29T00:45:57+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>365758</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/80469/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[kakana @ 10/28/2008 10:14:39 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[How can anybody be allergic to something on their hands only?<br/><br/> And water??<br/><br/> This guys story smells of fish.]]></content><score></score><crdate>10/28/2008 10:14:39 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-28T22:14:39+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>365702</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/80469/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[suebe @ 10/28/2008 9:28:04 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[How can anyone be allergic to the main component of their body?]]></content><score></score><crdate>10/28/2008 9:28:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-28T21:28:04+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>365698</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/80469/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[punthe @ 10/28/2008 9:26:20 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[So, is he gonna die soon? Because isn't the human body made up of aboot 80 to 90% water?]]></content><score></score><crdate>10/28/2008 9:26:20 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-10-28T21:26:20+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>